In Threads #184 (April/May 2016), we profiled elementary school art teacher Cassie Stephens, who creates fabulous outfits to inspire and engage her students. We promised you more of Cassie’s unique art-wear, so here for your viewing pleasure are a few additional outfits and some close-ups of their surfaces so you can see how their embellishment was done.

Inspired by the painting Three Donuts (1994) by Wayne Thiebaud, Cassie created this stuffed and felted-fiber fascinator of a piled-high plate of donuts.

The pop art pieces of Andy Warhol were Cassie’s inspiration for her Pop Art dress and jean-jacket ensemble.

Cassie appliquéd pop art motifs in coordinating fabrics onto a purchased dress and jacket.

Cassie found paint-splatter effect fabric that was perfect for her Brushstroke dress design–and for hiding real paint marks during splatter-painting day in art class.

Cassie loves needle felting and has used it on several RTW garments to give them her unique brand of art-teacher chic, including this sweater on which she needle-felted a giant box of Crayola crayons.

For a skirt embellishment inspired by Claude Monet’s Water Lilies, Cassie needle-felted wool roving in the shape of water lilies and lily pads onto variegated-blue fabric.

Cassie gave this adorable purchased cardigan the needle-felting treatment: a sly fox drapes around its shoulders oh-so-casually.

It’s no wonder needle-felting is Cassie’s favorite technique.

Cassie made this palette purse from two woven straw placemats, bias tape, and clever fabric appliqué. It’s the perfect accompaniment to her paint-palette printed dress.

Photos: Mike Yamin

The pop art pieces of Andy Warhol were Cassie's inspiration for her Pop Art dress and jean-jacket ensemble.

Cassie appliquéd pop art motifs in coordinating fabrics onto a purchased dress and jacket.

Cassie needle-felted a giant box of Crayola crayons on a purchased sweater.